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Farmers at Farm Auction

Date: 1954
Description: Group of farmers observe and participate in a farm auction.
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First Streetcars in Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: First electric street railway service in Wisconsin.
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Boy Scouts on Bicycles

Date: 1942
Description: WW II scrap metal drive. Scoutmaster Edward G. Shaw and his troop of boy scouts on bicycles and on a trailer loaded with scrap metal. The trailer is hitche...
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Downtown Businesses on Main Street

Date: 1915
Description: View of several downtown businesses, including a drugstore advertising "Patent Medicines and Cigars".
Postcard

Pettibone Peabody Retail Store

Date: 1909
Description: Front view of the Pettibone Peabody retail store. A large store with four stories situated on a corner. An automobile is at the curb and pedestrians on the...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1925
Description: View looking down Main Street with storefronts and power lines lining the street. Caption reads: "Main Street, Black Creek, Wis."
Photograph

Grignon Warehouse

Date: 1920
Description: The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon was the son of Augustin Grignon, on...
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Grand Avenue in Little Chute

Date: 1910
Description: Little Chute's Grand Avenue.
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Main Street Arch

Date: 1898
Description: Main Street in Little Chute looking towards Kaukauna; the arch is at the intersection of the street that leads to the Chicago & Northwestern Depot.
Postcard

College Avenue

Date: 1915
Description: Colorized view of automobiles parked on College Avenue, the brick-paved main street. Caption reads: "College Avenue, Appleton, Wis."
Photograph

Aerial View of Residential Area

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of Valley Fair Mall, with a residential area beyond it on both sides of a river, all surrounded by trees and farmland.
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Elevated View of Kaukauna

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Description: View over a train stopped at a grain elevator in the foreground. The Hotel Ristau is across a street on the left, and a church building is in the distance ...
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Collecting Scrap at IH Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: Four men outside R.H. Gehrke Company, an International Harvester dealership. The men are, (left to right): H.P. Patheal, assistant manager of the Green Bay...
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Scrap Drive at R.H. Gehrke Company

Date: 1942
Description: International truck with a trailer full of scrap metal parked outside the R.H. Gehrke Company, an International Harvester dealership. William Le Capitaine,...
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Packaging Onions

Date: 1965
Description: Farmers package onions for shipping. Two women and a man pack and sew closed mesh bags of onions. Another man hoists full bags onto a conveyor belt, while ...
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Conveyor Belt Transporting Onions

Date: 1965
Description: A conveyor belt transports thousands of onions from a wagon to a large pile in a storage building. A row of bags of onions lines the bottom of the onion pi...
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Man in Drugstore

Date: 1961
Description: A man holding a clipboard stands in the crowded aisle of a drugstore.
Photograph

Art Fair

Date: 1955
Description: Prospective buyers examine artwork at an art fair at City Park.
Book or Pamphlet

Eagle Farm Tractors

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Eagle farm tractors. Features an illustration of an eagle and a photograph of a man using a tractor in a field.
Book or Pamphlet

Eagle Silo Filler

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Eagle steel frame silo filler featuring a color illustration of two farmers using the filler.

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